A career in television led to Katie Derham neglecting her childhood passion for the violin. Rediscovering it changed her life and even saw her playing to a live audience. Darragh Morgan, the violinist in the Fidelio Trio, was her mentor.

Composition:Today talks to Belfast-born violinist Darragh Morgan who is one of the country's leading advocates of new music.Click here to read the full interview
(opens in a new window)

Women's Hour, BBC Radio 4, 11 August 2010

Learning a musical instrument later in life

BBC Proms presenter, Katie Derham first learnt to play the violin at the age of eight but has not played for nearly twenty years. So when she was asked to take it up again, and prepare for a performance with professional musicians in front of a paying audience, she was terrified. She and her mentor, Darragh Morgan, join Jenni to discuss how she got on and why it’s never too late to learn a musical instrument.